Monsterbrew

SRD

Young Gold Dragon

large dragon, lawful good

AC 18 (natural armor)

Initiative +2 (12)

HP 178 (17d10 + 85)

Speed 40 ft., Swim 40 ft., Fly 80 ft.

ModSaveSTR23+6+6DEX14+2+6CON21+5+5
ModSaveINT16+3+3WIS13+1+5CHA20+5+5

Skills Insight +5, Perception +9, Persuasion +9, Stealth +6

Immunities fire

Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft. Passive Perception 19

Languages Common, Draconic

CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)

Traits

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Actions

Fire Breath (Recharge 5-6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 55 (10d10) Fire damage. Success: Half damage.

Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Weakening Breath.

Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +10, reach 10 ft. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) Slashing damage.

Weakening Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature that isn't currently affected by this breath in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target has Disadvantage on Strength-based D20 Test and subtracts 3 (1d6) from its damage rolls. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically.

Young Gold Dragon is from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Full attribution is on the Licenses & Attribution page.